Monday, March 31, 2014

a summary of duke's first year

In preparation for this next baby, I've reflected a lot on Duke's first year - the feedings, the waketimes, the amount of naps, the duration of naps, etc. I was pretty faithful about posting Duke's schedules every 2-3 months when things were changing. I'm SO glad I did because I will definitely be referencing them. But something else I wanted to do was compile all of the basic information (eating/waking/sleeping) of Duke's first year in one place. Between Duke's monthly schedules and my letters to Duke, I was able to piece everything together. I hope this will not only help me, but will help other moms as well!

1 MONTH

Nursing: every 2.5-3 hours
Hours of Sleep at Night: one 5-6 hour stretch and then a 4 hour stretch by the end of the month

Nursing/Eating: started weaning this month; 5 feedings a day (3 nursing periods and 2 bottles of formula); main meals supplemented with rice cereal and fruit and/or veggie
Duration of Nursing: 6-8 minutes
Number of Naps: 2 naps
Duration of Naps: 1.5-2.5 hours each
Length of Waketime: 1 hour and 45 minutes-2 hours
Hours of Sleep at Night: 11.5-12 hours

12 MONTHS

Eating: fully weaned to a bottle 5 feedings a day by the end of the month; main meals supplemented with rice
cereal and fruit and/or veggie
Number of Naps: 2 naps
Duration of Naps: 1.5-2 (sometimes 2.5) hours each
Length of Waketime: 2 hours, but we didn't really operate on "waketimes" anymore at this point
Hours of Sleep at Night: 11.5-12 hours

Worth Noting:
*Went cold turkey to drinking cold milk out of sippy cups and said goodbye to bottles right at 12 months.
*We pretty much transitioned to 3 main meals and 2 snacks right at 12 months.
*Began seeing signs of transitioning to 1 nap a day.